“Nothing I can say will convince you. You’ve got to experience it, and once you do, you’ll be convinced.”
That line was penned by an industry icon in his own right, the late former Editor-in-Chief of Power & Motoryacht Richard Thiel. Richard was quoting Shep McKenney, who had pestered him for months to test and report on a new product he claimed would change boating forever. Richard was skeptical but eventually relented and flew to Norfolk, Virginia, to climb aboard a Viking 43 equipped with a mysterious “stationary white, beachball-size orb,” a device today known to boaters the world over as a Seakeeper.
I couldn’t help but wonder if history might be repeating itself as I weaved my way to Atlantic City to test the second product to be released by the manufacturer, a top-secret transom-mounted device that would, according to the company, “change boating … again.”
I’m skeptical by nature. Part of me wondered if this mysterious new invention would simply be Seakeeper’s answer to interceptor-style trim tabs that have become
